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Goa: Duo Young Quepem Battles Odds To Maintain Ganesh Idol Art Alive

Quepem: For young Shetkar duo, taking their family work to make Ganesh idol beat other professions.
Committed to keeping the work that is dying to live and their fireplace burns, Susayan, 34 cousins, and Sanish, 20, realize there are many who are at stake if they stop this traditional activity.
This young man from Sonarbhatt, in fact, the largest supplier of Ganesh Idols in the city of Quepem and has chosen to take over the family work from their father even though many opportunities are stacked against them.
“Some craftsmen make ganesh idols from Placester Paris (POP), which are not easily soluble in water and pollute our sea and river.
We use special mud from Bicholim Taluka in North Goa and even from Karwar in Karnataka, because it makes it easier to add features -Feature complicated for each of the elephant’s idols, “said Sushant.
However, the source of skilled labor causes challenges.
“Over the past few years, we have employed workers from Maharashtra because it was difficult to find workers in Goa.
Pandemic only adds to our tribulation last year.
We cannot employ workers from neighboring countries because of travel restrictions,” Sanish said.
Cousin finally decided to find a clay mold machine, which they got with financial support from Wisher in the city.
In addition to creating an idol Ganesh, Sushant and Sanish also made Goddess Saraswati’s idol, efficient demon narkony and decoration for carnival buoys.

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